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J. J. DOSSERT.

' GARMENT SUPPORTER.

No. 594,132. Patented Nov. 23,1897.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' John J. DOSSERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,132, dated November 23, 1897'.

Application filed May 24, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JOHN J. DOSSERT, a citizen of the United States, residing in thecity of New York, in the county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to garment-supporters of the kind commonly employed for supporting stockings, in which the fabric to be supported is held between a stud and a loop which engages the stud, both the stud and the loop being secured to a flexible tape or otherwise united flexibly. Much trouble and inconvenience is occasioned by the tendency of the loop to become disengaged from the stud and so release the fabric which it is intended to hold. Various devices have been proposed hitherto with the object of overcoming this difficulty; but so far as I am aware such devices have been inefficient, or

have been hard to manipulate, or have resulted in the cutting of the fabric. I have sought to provide a device which shall prevent the accidental disengagement of the loop from the stud and shall be free from the ob jections above alluded to.

My device will be more particularly described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a sufficient portion of a stocking-supporter to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the loop. Figs; 4. and 5 are plan and edge views of the stud and its supporting-plate. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing a slight variation in the form of the plate.

In the drawings the loop and stud are represented as connected to a flexible tape a, as usual, being thereby flexibly joined together, so that'the loop I) may be'caused to engage the stud c with the fabric between them. The loop I) is formed substantially as usual, except that its lower end is bent inward toward the tape somewhat, as at 1), whereby a serial No. 637,862. (No model.)

the tape by stitching or in any convenient manner, and is substantially flat, except that itslower portion'below the stud c is bent outward slightly, as at d, to cooperate with the end of the loop 6. Its upper portion may also be bent outward slightly, as shown in Fig. 6 at 61 to further insure the proper engagement of the parts. The bend of the loop and the bend of the plate are not such as to interfere with the easy engagement of the head of the stud with the upper part of the loop above the bend d, nor to prevent the.

drawing of the parts into the position represented in Fig. 2, the plate and the loop, particularly the former, yielding sufficiently to permit the end of the loop to pass over the lower edge of the plate. When the parts are in the position represented in Fig. 2, however, it will be readily seen that some pressure must be .exerted upon the loop downward with respect to the plate and stud in order to disengage the loop from the stud. The pressure required is not so much as to make it difficult to disengage the parts when desired, but is sufficient to prevent the accidental disengagement of the parts under all ordinary conditions.

' I claim as my invention-- The combination in a garment-supporter, of a flexible tape, a loop connected thereto and having its free end bent inward toward the tape, a stud and a plate to which said stud is fixed, said plate being bent outward below the stud, substantially as shown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 20th day of May, A. D. 1897.

JOHN J. DGSSERT.

In presence of W. B. GREELEY, F. M. EGGLESTON. 

